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Chapter 14 Field battle?

After defeating Suvorov, Napoleon decided to divide his troops. Only 3 Austrian troops remained in Krugan-Napoca, with two new brigades and a reorganized division of the Guards for a total of 5000 people. Napoleon embarked on a journey.

Hussein Pasha was sent to Comratz, leading 5000 people. When Napoleon defeated the Prince of Coburg and returned to Foksany, he quickly seized Comratz and cut off the supplies of the Russians. The decisive battle creates conditions.

The remaining troops, led by Yusuf Pasha, were stationed in the Brasov area to do their jobs.

Judging from the historical trajectory of the original time and space, there were two leading figures in the tactical innovation in Europe during this period, namely King Friedrich II of Prussia and Emperor Napoleon of France, and its most obvious symbol was the use of synthetic armies.

The concept of a combined army arose during the Seven Years' War. Friedrich II, Marshal Daun, who was defeated by Austria in the Battle of Colin, took 2 soldiers and quickly turned to the southwest to meet the French Marshal Suby. [-] allied soldiers led by Prince Steinstein and Prince Hildburghausen of Austria.

The most classic Battle of Rossbach in the entire Seven Years War broke out.

The battlefield was located in the northern part of the Saar River. Due to the huge gap in the number of soldiers, Friedrich II took a rare defensive position. The defense line of the Prussian army was north-south, facing west.

Relying on their superiority in strength, the coalition forces marched eastward in a three-way column, between the Prussian position and the Saar River, intending to force the Prussian army to retreat.When the allied forces were quite close to the Prussian army, Friedrich II ordered the soldiers to leave the camp.

This was precisely regarded by the coalition forces as a precursor to the retreat of the Prussian army, and the coalition forces quickly accelerated their march to meet the enemy.

However, at this time Friedrich II had already contracted his left wing and concentrated his forces on his right wing, and the coalition forces were immediately introduced into the narrow strip between the south of the Prussian position and the Saar River.

At this point in the battle, the ending is already doomed.Because the so-called column is not a combat formation, it is a marching formation. Once the troops contact the enemy, they will quickly transform into a horizontal formation, allowing one's own side to have more muskets on one front, forming a suppression of the enemy's infantry.

However, in the Battle of Rossbach, the unfavorable terrain made it difficult for the coalition forces to deploy their troops, and the suppressing party immediately became the Prussian army. With the advantage of firepower, the Prussian cavalry quickly defeated the coalition vanguard.

But they did not pursue, because suppressing the opponent with cavalry in an area outside their own artillery would only result in the use of infantry phalanxes, and the battle immediately stalemate.

Under the leadership of General Seydlitz, the Prussian cavalry began to detour, pushing the Allied infantry further towards the Prussian position. When most of the Allied infantry had entered the Prussian bombardment area, the massacre began.

The dense infantry phalanx of the coalition army quickly became chaotic and disintegrated under the bombardment of the eighteen heavy artillery pieces of the Prussian army.

Seizing the opportunity, Friedrich II commanded the Prussian infantry to rush into the coalition formation, and the Prussian cavalry, who had made a detour earlier, went straight into the coalition forces from behind, and the outcome of the battle was completely decided.

In this service, the Allied forces lost 500 people, 5000 were captured, and the Prussian army lost a total of 600 people.

The power of the combined army was fully demonstrated in this battle. The mobility of the cavalry, the lethality of the artillery, and the versatility of the infantry showed amazing coordination under the ingenious command of Friedrich II.

After Friedrich II, it was Napoleon who further developed the combined army. Compared with the original time and space, this time, the great commander showed his superb military talent earlier.

In Sibiu, the troops of the Prince of Coburg had already collided head-on with the Ottoman army led by Napoleon.With his own troops superior, the Prince of Coburg chose to take the initiative.

"General Pelke, you lead the cavalry to detour to the enemy's back, bite the opponent tightly at all times, and compress the opponent's room for movement."

"General Julius, with your artillery and two battalions of infantry, quickly seize the high ground."

"General Flor, you lead the rest of the infantry, quickly spread out into a horizontal line, and attack the enemy in a three-row battle."

Facing the aggressive Austrian army, Napoleon did not choose to seize the high ground, but pulled the front line back, let the infantry form a scattered formation, and tried to avoid the artillery fire from the enemy. At the same time, he deployed the artillery in the central army, with three or four infantry The phalanx defended the artillery.

Due to the problem of the marching command of the Prince of Coburg, the horizontal formation of the Austrian army was a little later than that of the Ottoman army under the command of Napoleon.At this time, the Austrian artillery was seizing the high ground and was unable to provide fire support for its own side. At this moment, a huge firepower vacuum appeared in the entire Austrian army.

Napoleon quickly seized this critical opportunity. The Ottoman artillery started shelling first, and the infantry followed suit. The Ottoman army took control of the advantage in a short time, and Napoleon immediately ordered the entire cavalry to attack.

The cavalry in a wedge formation plunged into the Austrian army, and the disadvantages of the scattered distribution were fully revealed in front of the cavalry at this moment.

The sharp sabers constantly challenged the fragile nerves of the Austrian soldiers. From time to time, the fear of comrades being cut down by the Ottomans made the entire Austrian army panic.

Seeing the hip-pull performance of his own infantry, Perke quickly began to lead the cavalry back to help, trying to save the Austrian army.

However, the infantry phalanx and artillery positions of the Ottoman army firmly blocked Perk from the battle circle, and it was always difficult to break through.

When the Austrian artillery finally reached the high ground, the entire infantry unit had collapsed under the high pressure imposed by the Ottoman army under Napoleon's command. micro.

Suddenly, a bullet hit the Prince of Coburg's head, and he fell powerlessly from his horse. The command knife in his hand fell to the ground, and the blade reflected Prince Coburg's godless pupils.

Seeing the coach killed, the morale of the Austrian army was even lower.Perke quickly fled with the cavalry, the coach was killed, and the army was defeated, which was also the coach's fault.

He Perk retreated with the cavalry, and he made a decisive decision to preserve the strength of the empire.

As for General Julius, who was sent by the Prince of Coburg to seize the high ground, he neither advanced nor retreated.

Let's fight, I'm sure you won't be able to fight, let's run, let's not talk about whether this pile of guns is carried or not, even if you don't carry it, two-legged infantry can't outrun four-legged cavalry.

"Damn Perk, you don't know to take me with you when you run away." General Julius cursed General Perk in his heart, while ordering the soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Ottoman army.

In the Battle of Sibiu, the Austrian army suffered 700 casualties, as many as [-] were captured, and there were countless defeated troops.

As the god of war, Napoleon showed his unshakable dominance on the battlefield for the first time.

"The so-called art of military command is when one's own troops are actually at a disadvantage, but can turn the disadvantage into an advantage on the battlefield."

——Napoleon Bonaparte

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